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Change at hand

While the 2008 financial crisis is often cited as a game-changer for the banking industry, many other evolutionary forces are causing the industry to alter the way it conducts business. ...

Advising how to act to letter of the law

David Hsu, managing director, Hong Kong country compliance officer and Greater China compliance head at Citi Hong Kong, explains how he works with multiple parties to ensure the business stays on track with the latest laws and regulations. ...

Data downpour

Banks need experts to make sense of flood of new information, writes Raymond Ma. ...

Local HEROES

Family-owned banks are ideal for those with HK and mainland links, cultural ties and expertise, writes Raymond Ma. ...

Desperately seeking cross-border bankers

A wider move towards regionalisation - the result of robust capital markets, cross-border deregulation and the increasing use of Asian currencies in cross-border transactions - is seeing banks in Asia shift their focus towards hiring a new breed of bankers able to serve cross-border investors, writes Jolene Otremba, ...

Manulife Hong Kong appoints chief distribution officer

Insurance industry 30-year veteran Lawrence Nutting, who has extensive China exposure, is tasked with boosting distribution via banks, brokers and independent financial advisers ...

British banks eliminate 189,000 jobs globally

RBS, HSBC, Lloyds and Barclays lead job cuts across global operations as jobless rate hits lowest rate since 2004, while Asian-focused banks buck the trend ...

Foreign banks may cut jobs

The Hong Kong banking industry is large in scale, established and a key global hub. As a result, there will always be opportunities for talented ... ...

Banking on domestic help

There are more than 170 licensed banks in Hong Kong. Besides the major ones serving the general population and which ... ...

Recruiters weigh value and cost

Uncertainty remains the maxim in the banking and finance industry as turmoil in the euro zone and instability in the ... ...